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In Mid - Air Points Of View From Over A Decade
In Mid - Air Points Of View From Over A Decade
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Description: Engaging witty thoughtful clever casual ebullient erudite and thoroughly modern Spectator A dazzling talent - hilarious winning and deft Malcolm Gladwell In Mid - Air is a collection of short essays by the acclaimed writer and speaker Adam Gopnik. Known for his ability to perceive 'the whole world in a grain of sand' he uses this format to take a dizzying range of subjects and intricately explore their meaning to our lives - as people as citizens and as families. From how he works so that his daughter can have holes in her clothes to why appropriation is more empowering than oppressing; from French sex to binge - watching TV from the secret of a happy marriage to why we should mention the war - each topic is illuminated by his erudition and wit. As in their original form on the radio Gopnik's essays - each one a pleasure garden of wry confessions self - deprecating asides wordplay and striking insights - feel like the most intimate of conversations between writer and reader; yet at the same time they capture a public forum of pithy debate and tender persuasion. Above all In Mid - Air initiates a sense of wonder in the ordinary that yearns to be shared.
Title: In Mid - Air Points Of View From Over A Decade
Author(s): Gopnik Adam
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Barcode: 9781786489241
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 10/3/2019
Category: Cultural Studies
Description: Engaging witty thoughtful clever casual ebullient erudite and thoroughly modern Spectator A dazzling talent - hilarious winning and deft Malcolm Gladwell In Mid - Air is a collection of short essays by the acclaimed writer and speaker Adam Gopnik. Known for his ability to perceive 'the whole world in a grain of sand' he uses this format to take a dizzying range of subjects and intricately explore their meaning to our lives - as people as citizens and as families. From how he works so that his daughter can have holes in her clothes to why appropriation is more empowering than oppressing; from French sex to binge - watching TV from the secret of a happy marriage to why we should mention the war - each topic is illuminated by his erudition and wit. As in their original form on the radio Gopnik's essays - each one a pleasure garden of wry confessions self - deprecating asides wordplay and striking insights - feel like the most intimate of conversations between writer and reader; yet at the same time they capture a public forum of pithy debate and tender persuasion. Above all In Mid - Air initiates a sense of wonder in the ordinary that yearns to be shared.
Title: In Mid - Air Points Of View From Over A Decade
Author(s): Gopnik Adam
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Barcode: 9781786489241
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 10/3/2019
Category: Cultural Studies